Red Beard

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.

Discover

Toshirō Mifune

Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")

Yūzō Kayama

Dr. Noboru Yasumoto

Reiko Dan

Osugi

Kyōko Kagawa

Madwoman ("The Mantis")

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Genzô Tsugawa

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Dr. Handayû Mori

Takashi Shimura

Tokubei Izumiya

Chishū Ryū

Mr. Yasumoto

Haruko Sugimura

Kin, the madam

Kinuyo Tanaka

Madame Yasumoto

Eijirō Yanagi

Madwoman's father

Kōji Mitsui

Heikichi

Kō Nishimura

Chief retainer

Nobuo Chiba

Matsudaira

Ken Mitsuda

Genpaku Amano

Yōko Fujiyama

Chigusa, Masae's sister

Imari Tsuji

Okatsu

Kin Sugai

Choji's Mother

Michiko Araki

Brothel owner

Bokuzen Hidari

Patient A

Yasuzō Ogawa

Businessman

Yutaka Sada

Resident

Ikio Sawamura

Resident

Noriko Honma

Resident

Akiko Kazami

Masae's mother

Chisato Aoki

Prostitute

Kyoko Kurisu

Prostitute

Toshiko Fukai

Prostitute

Keiko Tomita

Girl on street

Masanobu Ōkubo

Choji's Father

Susumu Ishikawa

(uncredited)

Art

Yoshirō Muraki

Production Design

Camera

Asakazu Nakai

Director of Photography

Takao Saitō

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Yoshiko Samejima

Costume Design

Crew

Shin Watarai

Sound Recordist

Akio Nojima

Property Master

Directing

Akira Kurosawa

Director

Kenjirô Ohmori

Assistant Director

Shirō Moritani

Assistant Director

Yōichi Matsue

Assistant Director

Masanobu Deme

Assistant Director

Teruyo Nogami

Script Supervisor

Editing

Reiko Kaneko

Assistant Editor

Lighting

Hiromitsu Mori

Lighting Technician

Production

Sound

Hisashi Shimonaga

Sound mixer

Masaru Satō

Original Music Composer

Ichirô Minawa

Sound Effects Editor

Writing

Ryūzō Kikushima

Screenplay

Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay

Hideo Oguni

Screenplay

Masato Ide

Screenplay

Art

Yoshirō Muraki

Production Design

Camera

Asakazu Nakai

Director of Photography

Takao Saitō

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Yoshiko Samejima

Costume Design

Crew

Shin Watarai

Sound Recordist

Akio Nojima

Property Master

Directing

Akira Kurosawa

Director

Kenjirô Ohmori

Assistant Director

Shirō Moritani

Assistant Director

Yōichi Matsue

Assistant Director

Masanobu Deme

Assistant Director

Teruyo Nogami

Script Supervisor

Editing

Reiko Kaneko

Assistant Editor

Lighting

Hiromitsu Mori

Lighting Technician

Production

Sound

Hisashi Shimonaga

Sound mixer

Masaru Satō

Original Music Composer

Ichirô Minawa

Sound Effects Editor

Writing

Ryūzō Kikushima

Screenplay

Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay

Hideo Oguni

Screenplay

Masato Ide

Screenplay